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The 2026 Logan Awards Recipients
Honoring the legacy of Esther Ann McFarland (1917-2011)
A historian and philanthropist, Mrs. McFarland’s generosity impacted many of Philadelphia’s historical and preservation institutions. She was deeply interested in her family roots and a proud descendant of Judge William Lewis, a U.S. attorney and Pennsylvania state legislator who drafted the first gradual abolition act in America. McFarland wrote a comprehensive biography of Lewis, published posthumously. She supported historic sites, historical societies, and museums across the region, including the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, where the Esther Anne McFarland Fellowship continues to fund research each year. Through marriage, she developed lasting friendships with many at the St. Andrews Society, where she was named an Honorary Member and served on its scholarship committee. Her generosity is carried on today through the George C. and Esther Ann McFarland Foundation, which supports health care, preservation, arts and culture, food insecurity, and open lands. George C. McFarland, Jr. will accept the award in his mother’s memory on behalf of the foundation.
Kendra Brooks
Councilmember Brooks is the Philadelphia City Council Minority Leader. Brooks was raised in Nicetown, where she still proudly resides with her four children. Kendra has deep roots working across movement-building organizations throughout Philadelphia. Before taking office, she brought restorative justice practices to schools and communities, and fought gun violence in Nicetown. Housing justice, public schools, and community resources like parks, libraries, public transit, and health services, are just a few of the issues she has championed as a councilmember on behalf of the residents of North Philadelphia.
Karin Wulf
Dr. Wulf is the Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian at the John Carter Brown Library, and Professor of History at Brown University. A historian of “Vast Early America,” she earned her PhD from Johns Hopkins University and served as the Executive Director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and Professor of History at William & Mary (2013-2021). Wulf writes for public and academic audiences about early American history, the worlds of scholarship and publishing, and archives and special collections. The author and editor of prize-winning scholarship on gender, family, and politics, Dr. Wulf recently published Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America.
